Dùn Èideann
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See also: Dùn Éideann and Dún Éideann
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Welsh Din Eidyn (first attested in the poem Y Gododdin from no earlier than the 7th century), or from an older or geographically closer Brythonic language, such as Cumbric [Term?] or Pictish [Term?].
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Dùn Èideann m
- Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Dunedin
- → Irish: Dún Éideann
- → Manx: Doon Edin
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition |
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Dùn Èideann | Dhùn Èideann |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms borrowed from Old Welsh
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Welsh
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Brythonic languages
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Cumbric
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Pictish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
- Scottish Gaelic multiword terms
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Edinburgh
- gd:Cities in Scotland
- gd:National capitals
- gd:Places in Scotland
- gd:Council areas of Scotland